AntibodyMX provides a hosted antispam and antivirus email filtering service based entirely on a
proven open source platform. Perl being one very important component. Users of the platform see
a near-instant, near-total reduction in the amount of spam, phishing and malware content arriving
at the mail server. AntibodyMX also provides onsite mail filtering, white-label filtering solutions
to ISPs and will soon be launching CellMX, a filtering service for remote and mobile workers.

At Bytemark we are the UK's geek hosting outfit of choice,
managing tens of thousands of domains, and thousands of servers, both
dedicated and virtual. Since 2000 we've offered root access from fifteen pounds per
month so that experts like you write their own code and have it run
well, on a well-maintained network, without paying for more than you
need. We can help you with sorting virtualisation, IPv6, migrating
from virtual to dedicated and plenty of other difficult topics.

After the success of their previous free training course run in conjunction
with the BBC in June, Magnum have kindly agreed to run another free training course in the morning during the LPW. We are
initially keeping this open to UoW students only, in order to help
promote Perl to new audiences. For full information on Magnum's training
courses please consult their website.

Nestoria is a property search engine in various European markets. In addition to sponsoring
the last two LPWs and this year's YAPC::EU, the Nestoria team are regular speakers on topics
like geocoding, ETL, il8n and testing. Read about Nestoria's use of Perl in this review on perlbuzz:
Perlbuzz Article

Shadowcat Systems is a developer, sponsor of, and contributor to open
source software projects including Catalyst, the elegant web framework,
and DBIx::Class, an object-orientated database abstraction library.
Shadowcat provides consultancy, training and support for these projects;
systems management and automation; the design and implementation of
network architecture; the development of proprietary and open source
custom web applications; and offers Perl refactoring and project crisis
management.
Shadowcat Systems are based in the United Kingdom but we deliver
solutions to a global community of clients via onsite supervision along
with traditional and internet based communications.

Venda provide a highly scaleable e-commerce platform written in Perl. Their software takes advantage
of the rapid application development features of Perl to allow them to give their clients
a rock solid base from their core application with incredible flexibility to meet individual
client requirements. As last year Venda have generously agreed to contribute to the
'first round' of drinks at the after conference venue.

We're also looking for new sponsors. Please contact m.keating['at' sign]shadowcat.co.uk if you are interested.